Sterling and Wilson, India's Truly Global Solar EPC

06.06.2015 – 08:45

Mumbai, India (ots) - Sterling and Wilson, a leading Indian Solar EPC player at InterSolar Europe showcased its competency as an international Solar EPC solutions provider. Having completed 400 MW of solar power project installations on ground in India, Sterling and Wilson Solar is now exporting its superior engineering and technological expertise to the international Solar market. The company has 90 MW Solar Project under construction in South Africa, 70 MW Solar Projects under construction at various locations in Philippines, 200 MW under development in Egypt, 50 MW of Solar projects in Jordan, and will soon commence its operations in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Turkey, and Japan.

Sterling and Wilson's international solar operations are spread across South East Asia, Middle East, and Africa, with its international headquarters in Dubai. With human assets of nearly 3500 technically proficient people working in India and abroad, Sterling and Wilson has an inherent strength to execute international Solar projects in an efficient and cost effective manner that sets them apart from the competition. Sterling and Wilson offers their clients turnkey Solar solutions including sourcing land, design, engineering, supply, construction, installation and commissioning of solar power plants within the most stringent timelines. The organization gets all its plant designs assessed and appraised from global experts and in house engineers to achieve the most optimal levels of solar irradiance results.

Sterling & Wilson's rich experience of working on more than 40 solar plants across the globe has won it international recognition and is currently ranked as the top solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company in India and globally 19th by the Hong Kong-based IHS Research, a market research and consulting firm. The India and global lists put the company ahead of other well-entrenched Indian solar EPC players.

Speaking at the InterSolar Europe Exhibition in Munich, Germany, Mr. Bikesh Ogra, President, Sterling and Wilson, Electrical & Solar Business, said, "We have a clear intent to grow in strategic markets across the globe, therefore we have set up operational teams and offices internationally. We at Sterling and Wilson are enabling India and the world at large in achieving its commitment towards moving to clean renewable energy in a cost effective manner. All our solar power plants are delivered on or before time with the latest plant monitoring parameters in place for operations and maintenance purposes. These important details help our clients in monitoring the efficiency of the solar power plant set up for them and make us the best at what we do. Our fulltime trained man power enables us to support clients with operations and maintenance solutions internationally. We are one of India's leading Solar solutions provider to have been awarded projects in the international market, making us a truly Indian Global Solar EPC."

Sterling and Wilson's ability to acquire projects on international soil stem from the fact that its EPC cost of Solar Power Plants is one of the most competitive among other leading players due to factors like talented yet cost sensitive engineering base, competitive labour, and world class manufacturing facility. They are the only company based out of India, which has been able to leverage their existing talent base optimally to win more than 250 MW Solar EPC contracts in countries like SA, Philippines, Egypt, Jordan, and Thailand, to name a few. Sterling and Wilson sources for globally competitive steel and electrical products for setting up their Solar power plants from reputed manufacturers based out of India. This further brings down their project cost, thereby making them strategically competitive in the International as well as domestic market.

No terrains are too tough for Sterling & Wilson when it comes to setting up efficient solar power plants. Technologically advanced services and comprehensive know how of thin film, mono crystalline, and polycrystalline modules; along with different foundation of ramming and rafting type leads the organization to provide best solutions to its customers. On time execution and proven project management skills have enabled Sterling and Wilson to deliver solar power plants in record times of less than 115 days. This not only proves the organization's efficiency of on time execution but also makes resource mobilization and project management its forte.

About Sterling and Wilson

Sterling and Wilson, which began its operations in 1927 as Wilson Electric Works, is a group company of the 150 year old US$ 2.5 billion business conglomerate - Shapoorji Pallonji Group, and is one of India's leading MEP services provider.

Today Sterling and Wilson, has evolved as India's leading MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Public Health Engineering) Services Company. Some of the iconic projects accomplished by Sterling and Wilson are First International Financial Centre (FIFC), Terminal 3- Indira Gandhi International Airport, Lulu International Mall, Buddh International Circuit, Ford India, to name a few.

Sterling and Wilson is India's largest Solar EPC in terms of number of projects that are spread across the country. Sterling and Wilson was awarded the "Energize" Indian Power Sector Award for "Excellence in Solar EPC" for the year 2012-13, as evaluated by Ernst & Young and presented by CNBC-TV 18. Sterling and Wilson is also recognized as India's top solar EPC player and ranked globally 19th by IHS Solar Research's report in 2014 for Global PV integrators market share (IHS is a world leader in solar market research & analysis).

Internationally, the company along with its parent SPCL, is presently developing a pipeline of solar and MEP projects across India, Middle-east, Central Asia, East Asia and Africa. Visit us at www.sterlingandwilson.com